nicholson



c N. PETERS. PHDTO-UI'HOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON B C J. S. NICHOLSON7 OF ANAMOSA, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 82,341, dated September 22, 1868.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-PRESS.

llge .Sdgehul referat it in time tttzrs ment mth mating part nf'tlge saure.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON GERN Be it known that I, J. S. NICHOLSON, of Anamosa, of the county of Jones, and Sta-,te of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Press; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of myvinvention consists in keeping the clothes clean and free from dust; keeping them straight and free from wrinkles; keeping them in any room without occupying but a small space, as well as the ease and convenience of getting at them.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my nvention,-I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

It consists of two frames, a front frame and a back frame. The back frameis represented in the drawing by the letter A., and is composed of two upright pieces, represented in the drawing by the gures 1 and 2,

fastened together by a cross-piece, represented in the drawing by the figure 3. This piece is jointed into the upright strips below the top, so as to project in front; and at Vthe bottom of this frame there is a board, rep# resented in the drawing b'ythe figure 4. It is fastened into the two upright pieces 1 and 2, projecting in front.

The open space between-these four pieces is covered with a piece of oil-cloth, represented in the drawing by the gure 5. The piece across the top, represented 'in the/drawing bythe ifgure 3, has hooks on the under side,.to hang heavy clothing on; and on the right-hand upright piece anviron plate is fastened with screws; and on this plate there are three arms, represented by three letters, a, b, and c. The-first arm is about three inches from the top piece 3, and the three arms are about three inches from each other, respectively. The rst arm,

. represented by the letter a, is about three inches long; thesecond arm, represented by the letter 6, is about seven inches long; and the third arm, represented by the letter c, is about eleven inches long. l Each arxnis composed of two iron bars, about one and one-halt` inch apart, with ahole in the outer end, admitting a bolt, represented by the letter d; and these bolts pass through the ends of three wooden bars, forming a hinge-joint at the end of each arm. These wooden bars are represented by three letters, e, j, and g, and reach across to..-

theopposite side,l and rest on iron rests. These rests are on an iron plate, fastened to the left-hand upright piece, l, and this plate is represented in the drawing by the letter la.' These wooden bars all swing parallel with each other. There is also a front frame, represented in the drawing by the letter B. This is made so as to cover the frame, represented by the letter A and the .top of this frame B fits over the top of this frame A; and the lowerend of the two upright pieces in the second frame is fastened toge'thrv by a strip of iat iron, represented by the letter z', bent to t 4the outer edge ofthe board across the bottomof the first frame; and this second frame is fastened .to .the first by hinges, and it also has an oil-cloth covering, represented in the Adrawing by the letter j; and this keeps the clothing free from all dust, dirt, dac.

The press is fastened to the wall by screws passing through the four corners-of the rstframe, A.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to sccureby Letters Patent, is-

In a clothes-press, the combination and arrangement of the-frames A and B, uprights 1 and 2, cross-piece 3, shelf 4, the coverings 5 andy', the arms a, b, and c, the bars e,f, and g, and rest h, as and for the purpose specied.`

J. S. NICHOLSON.

Witnesses:

J. G. Passons, Ezns KEELER. 

